South Salem Covered Bridge 35-71-02

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South Salem bridge

Photo cicra 2002. Bridge has been restored since then.

Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger

BH Photo #130885

Overview: Covered bridge over Buckskin Creek on Lower Twin Road (CR 54)
Location: Ross County, Ohio
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1900 Rebuilt 2006
Design: Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 92.9 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.2 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 4, 1975
Also called: Buckskin Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.33433, -83.31431 (decimal degrees)
39°20'04" N, 83°18'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/300535/4356433 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: South Salem
Inventory numbers: ODOT 7132603 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure file number)
WGCB 35-71-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 75001530 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28335 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2015): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 10.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 500

South Salem Covered Bridge

Posted August 4, 2007, by Mark Meece (cloak [at] cinci [dot] rr [dot] com)

Here are photos of the bridge I just took in July 2007.